timeline simply won’t work. By the time
the plan is executed, standards and
technology will have changed again.
The plan is obsolete by the first day of
implementation.
opportunities? School Growth helps
administrators and boards develop
quarterly innovation plans, and a threeperson team can participate for less
than $1,000!
This often causes tension between
school boards and administrators.
Often, school board members are
familiar with different industries
that innovate on a much more
rapid schedule. Tech companies
typically innovate at least quarterly.
Entrepreneurs, who often sit on boards,
are constantly focused on faster
cycles of improvement because they
want the school to adapt faster. And
administrators often agree that this
would be wise—the problem is they just
don’t know how to make it happen fast
enough.
By examining a school’s overall plan
and “chunking” it down into shorter
intervals, School Growth helps
schools begin a rolling innovation cycle
that allows them to identify where
they want to go and begin making
progress toward that goal immediately.
They can adapt the plan as needed,
learning from the families in their
target market and from their own
experiences and observations. This also
gives the leadership team a much more
engaging story to communicate to
board members and donors. People are
interested in what’s going to happen
five years from now, but they also want
to see incremental and more immediate
progress in growth and culture.
This tension is playing itself out at
private schools throughout the nation,
and many of them are falling behind or
experiencing unhealthy tension because
of their inability to plan and execute on
shorter time frames. They aren’t sure
where to start or how to move forward.
To provide these answers and help
schools innovate quickly, Smart Tuition
partnered with School Growth. This is
a global school leadership development
company with a passion for education,
technology, and innovation.
School Growth has spent the last
decade helping schools adapt to
changing environments and reinvent
themselves rapidly to become more
efficient, effective, and relevant.
Schools may spend anywhere from
$15,000 to $100,000 putting together
a three- to five-year strategic plan,
but how does the leadership adjust
to rapidly changing conditions and
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